Faculty Records: Gregory Kosteck Papers

1950-1981
University Archives #UA90-66
Creator(s)
Kosteck, Gregory, 1937-1991; Kosteck, Nancy
Physical description
0.25 Cubic Feet
Preferred Citation
[Item description]. Gregory Kosteck Papers. UA90-66, Box [number]. University Archives, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC.
Repository
East Carolina University Archives
Access
The collection is open for research use.

This record group contains audiorecordings of compositions by Gregory Kosteck and his wife Nancy.


Biographical/historical information

Gregory William Paul Kosteck was born in Plainfield, New Jersey on September 2, 1937. He earned a Bachelor's degree in music theory and composition from the University of Maryland at College Park in 1959 followed by a Masters degree from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor in 1961 and a PhD there in 1964. He won numerous national and international awards for his scholarship and musical compositions both during his time as a student and as a professor, including a Fulbright Fellowship for post-doctoral study in the Netherlands, the Wienawski International Composers' Competition in 1981, and the Harvey Gaul Opera Prize in 1977. He taught at Washington and Jefferson College before teaching at East Carolina from 1966 to 1973. After leaving East Carolina, he taught at Appalachian State University, Columbia University in New York City, and the University of Tennessee at Knoxville. He died in Sarasota, Florida on December 27, 1991.


Scope and arrangement

This record group contains audiorecordings of compositions by Gregory Kosteck and his wife Nancy.


Administrative information
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Related material

This collection is a part of Faculty Records.


Key terms
Personal Names
Kosteck, Gregory, 1937-1991
Kosteck, Nancy
Corporate Names
East Carolina University--Faculty
Topical
Music--North Carolina--Greenville
Musicians--North Carolina--Greenville